If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of th…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream and Other Great Writings, p.103, Beacon Press
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